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Trippel Alligator

Germany · Car · built by Hans Trippel

Trippel Alligator
A 1957 rear-wheel-drive amphibious car by Hans Trippel using Austin components, a forerunner of the Amphicar.
Trippel Alligator
Also known asAlligator, Marathon amphibian
ManufacturerHans Trippel
CountryGermany
Built1957–
TypeCar
StatusPrototype
Propulsion
Land drive4x2

The Trippel Alligator of 1957 was a rear-wheel-drive amphibious car by Hans Trippel using Austin mechanical parts. Files in the archive link it with the Marathon name and label it a pre-Amphicar design. It led on to the Eurocar of 1958-1959 and the Amphicar prototype of 1960.

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